
48th Annual Holiday Fair returns December 5 & 6, 2025
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- Friday, and Saturday, December 5 and 6, 2025
- Hours NOON to 9:00 pm each day
- WITH HOLIDAY LIGHTS WALK THRU EACH EVENING, Lights come on at 5:30pm
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The Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds Foundation ANNOUNCES THE 2025 Heritage Holiday Craft and Gift Fair FRIDAY AND SATURDAY – DECEMBER 5 & 6, 2025. This gathering of friends, families and all those that are looking for that special Holiday Gift will once again be able find them at this awesome event.
MARK YOUR CALENDARS NOW so you won’t miss this Kickoff to the Holiday Season in the Pajaro Valley.
The Harvest, Crosetti, and Fine Art buildings will once again be filled with great handmade crafts and gift ideas for this holiday. Come join us for what has become the official start of the holiday season here in the Pajaro Valley. Bring your family and friends to find one-of-a-kind special holiday gifts for everyone on your list. With three big buildings to shop, you will find crafts, gifts, antiques, collectibles, toys, and much more. Many of our crafters have been with us for several years. Great food favorites will be available in the Heritage Holiday Kitchens for your enjoyment. Bring the family for a great shopping experience, enjoy great food for dinner and walk through HOLIDAY LIGHTS throughout the Fairgrounds. A perfect Family Holiday Celebration!
If you were a vendor in the 2024 Holiday Craft and Gift Fair, you will be receiving an email from the Holiday Fair Elves to let us know you will be returning. This email will be sent the first week of May. You will need to reply to us by June 15, 2025, after that date we can not guarantee the same space as last year. Thanks!

Holiday Craft and Gift Fair admission also allows you to WALK thru the MAGIC OF HOLIDAY LIGHTS.
Stroll through the fairgrounds and check the lights out up close and personal! The lights come on at 5:30 each evening. Walking thru you’ll see several things you might miss on your drive thru experience. So grab some hot chocolate and some snacks and enjoy your walk through many thousands of twinkling lights on these two special nights. Who knows, you might even see Santa Claus or the Grinch on your journey through the lights!
Be a Vendor at the 2025 Holiday Craft and Gift Fair – Applications open NOW!
If you would like to be a vendor at the 2025 Holiday Craft and Gift Fair for 2025, please click on the button below – we will begin filling spaces available for this year June 16, 2025. Looking forward to hearing from you.
